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Source: tallahassee.comTallahassee native Neal George recalls spending many a summer day enjoying the city’s great outdoors.“My parents would say, ‘OK, that’s enough TV for the day, go outside,’ ” he said. “So I would go.”All that time spent outside didn’t go to waste.

Source: Seward City NewsThe Student Conservation Association (SCA) mission is to build the next generation of conservation leaders by engaging young people in hands-on internship opportunities.The best part about day-to-day life as a SCA Intern is that you’re never quite sure what you’ll be...Read more

Student Conservation Association Summer Jobs Program Enables Local Youth to “Show the Good in Their City”(CAMDEN, NJ) August 28, 2012—-Six weeks under an often blazing sun in Camden’s community gardens was about to come to an end, but 16-year-old Brandon Robinson insisted it was only the...Read more

Source: NPS DigestCanyon de Chelly National Monument and the Student Conservation Association (SCA) joined together for a second summer to host an all Native American high school work crew, providing the local youth with valuable job and service-learning experience that enriched their lives and...Read more

Student Conservation Association Crew Hard at Work in New Mexico’s Carson National ForestCarson National Forest, NM (PRWEB) August 20, 2012They traveled 2,000 miles from home, trading high-rise buildings for towering trees, city lights for twinkling stars, and an urban cacophony for the melodies...Read more

Source: By David Sands, Huﬃngton Post DetroitAlthough the re-emergence of Detroit’s wilderness has been the subject of a feature film, the story of its young urban trailblazers is much less well known.This summer, a crew of Detroit youth restored and extended a woodland trail...Read more

Student Conservation Association (SCA) Summer Conservation Jobs Provide Path to Professional ProsperityNew York, NY (PRWEB) August 15, 2012One of the hottest summers in New York City history hasn’t stopped these twelve teens from preserving precious pieces of New York City’s history.The often...Read more

Source: FWSWhy see Labor Day as a season ender? One of the year’s best hiking times is about to begin. For a treat this fall, explore some standout trails on national wildlife refuges. Refuge trails can be just as scenic as national park or national forest trails, but tend to be less well-...Read more

Source: The Washington PostWhile many of her peers have congressional internships or jobs that have kept them inside air conditioned oﬃce buildings, Kelsey Stafford has spent her summer working outdoors examining the environment of the nation’s capital.As an intern with the National Park...Read more

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